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Those investments haven’t gone well for the pension funds that represent Chicago teachers, police officers, other city employees and transit workers. The funds have paid DV Urban a total of $7.2 million, including $4.7 million in fees to manage the...
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Santiago is a former U.S. Marine decorated for his service in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. He ran the 911 center for the final year of former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration — and presided during the Blizzard of 2011 fiasco that...
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Santiago, a veteran Chicago firefighter who once ran the 911 center under former Mayor Richard M. Daley, is Chicago’s new fire commissioner. Mayor Rahm Emanuel named Santiago Thursday to replace Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff, who abruptly resigned...
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Santiago, a veteran Chicago firefighter who once ran the 911 center under former Mayor Richard M. Daley, is Chicago’s new fire commissioner. Mayor Rahm Emanuel named Santiago Thursday to replace Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff, who abruptly resigned...
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Swiss would neither confirm nor deny last night that he wrote the e-mail, saying only that he was “running as a Democrat to serve the public and bring sound judgment to Springfield. I don’t believe that patriotism is a party label. William Lipinski,...
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“There’s so much going on this year with pensions, Medicaid and the state budget. I don’t know if it’ll happen this year. But, you can’t finish a journey until you take the first step.” Over the years, former Mayor Richard M. Daley emerged as a...
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Illinois should have a statewide gun registry. As the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times reported, his plan is likely to run into much resistance. Emanuel's idea isn't new. Mayor Richard J. Daley (the first Mayor Daley, that is --...
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Vanecko, a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley. As a result, detectives interviewed only two of the eight known witnesses in the 11 days before Koschman died. One of them was a Vanecko friend who lied to the police on two separate occasions,...
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is interviewed in his fifth floor City Hall offices on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel insists that he doesn’t have an inner circle. He actually has a bunch of them. “I work the phones hard. I call a lot of people...
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What a fascinating wrestling match in which the outcome of a draw was predetermined from the start. The best quotes were wonderfully elliptical, half-started, half-completed, immediately contradictory, as if Rahm was channeling Richard M. Daley. But my...
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Mr. Rice’s duties as chief of staff included chauffeuring Mr. Banks between the ward office and City Hall. Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Mr. Rice to the council in 2009, when Mr. Banks resigned in the middle of his four-year term and asked Mr. Daley...
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2000 and when he left office last May, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley and agencies under his control approved roughly $20 million in payments to an architectural firm co-owned by his cousin's husband. That cousin -- Theresa Mintle -- now is chief of staff...
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Mintle -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel's chief of staff -- with her husband, Michael Toolis. Photo by Steve Becker Between 2000 and when he left office last May, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley and agencies under his control approved roughly $20 million in payments...
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As all Sun-Times readers know, Koschman is the young man who was killed in 2004 in what police say was a drunken confrontation on Division Street with Richard “R.J.” Vanecko, a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley. It’s always good practice to try to...
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Chicago public pension funds have filed suit in Delaware to fire a controversial money management company created by a friend of President Barack Obama and a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley to manage $68 million in government pension funds. The...
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Half the 600 likely voters surveyed last month thought the city was moving in the right direction, up from 31 percent who felt Chicago was moving in the right direction in Sept. 2010 when Richard M. Daley was still mayor. Emanuel’s approval rating...
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Or, dare we raise a sore subject, weatherproof opening and closing ceremonies for some future Chicago Olympiad. No, Chicago can't begin to compete with Indianapolis or other U.S. cities for these lavish and lucrative events. Why not? Because, a decade...
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CEO Desiree Rogers and company chairman Linda Johnson-Rice. Photos by Calvin A. Muhammad "He was a man larger than life so now when you put a stamp on a letter, he will be all over the world." Linda Johnson-Rice John H. Johnson's daughter, Chairman of...
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Joining Vaughan to dedicate the stamp at Johnson Publishing Company's Chicago offices today were Linda Johnson Rice, chairman, Johnson Publishing Co. ; Desiree Rogers, CEO, Johnson Publishing Co. ; Rahm Emanuel, mayor, Chicago; Richard M. Daley, former...
About Richard M. Daley
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Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party and current mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. His 2007 re-election set him on the path to becoming the longest serving Mayor in the city's history... Full Article
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, flanked by his daughters Elizabeth, left, and Nora, right, and their children watch as the casket of former first lady Maggie Daley is taken from Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral service Monday, Nov. , 28, 2011. Mrs....
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and family follow the casket of former first lady Maggie Daley into Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago before her funeral service Monday, Nov. , 28, 2011, Mrs. Daley died Nov. 24 after a long battle with cancer.
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's brothers, from left, Michael Daley, John Daley, and White House Chief of Staff, William Daley serve as pallbearers as the casket of former first lady Maggie Daley arrives at Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago before her funeral service Monday,...
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley walks to a limousine to take him to the funeral Mass for his wife, Maggie Daley, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in Chicago. Mrs. Daley died Thursday, Nov. 24. She was 68.
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, holding the hands of his grandchildren, follows the casket of his wife, Maggie Daley, out of the Chicago Cultural Center Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, in Chicago on the way to her funeral Mass. Mrs, Daley died Thursday, Nov. 24. She was 68.
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, left, follows the casket of his wife, Maggie Daley, out of the Chicago Cultural Center Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, in Chicago on the way to her funeral Mass. Mrs, Daley died Thursday, Nov. 24. She was 68.
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, surrounded by family, looks to the sky as the casket of former first lady Maggie Daley arrives at Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago before her funeral service Monday, Nov. , 28, 2011, Mrs. Daley died Nov. 24 after a long battle with...
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley throws out the first pitch before the MLB American League baseball between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox in Chicago August 3, 2011.
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CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 03: Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks to the crowd during a ceremony honoring his 22 years as mayor before the New York Yankees take on the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on August 3, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
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CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 03: Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley throws a ceremonial first pitch after a ceremony honoring his 22 years as mayor before the New York Yankees take on the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on August 3, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011.
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Illinois House Speaker, Michael Madigan, left, his wife Shirley Madigan, and their daughter, Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, right, leave the funeral of Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's wife Maggie Daley out at Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral...
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, right, leaves the funeral of Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's wife Maggie Daley out at Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral service Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, Mrs. Daley died Nov. 24 after a long battle with cancer.
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Jack, grandson of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, holds Daley's hand and is patted on the head by his father Sean, as they watch the casket of former first lady Maggie Daley depart Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral service Monday, Nov. , 28, 2011. ...
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Mourners line the street outside City Hall in Chicago as the hearse carrying the casket of Maggie Daley, wife of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, passes on the way to her funeral Mass Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Mrs. Daley died Thursday, Nov. 24. She was 68.
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The hearse carrying the casket of Maggie Daley, wife of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, rides past City Hall Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 in Chicago on the way to her funeral Mass. Mrs. Daley died Thursday, Nov. 24. She was 68.
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Film critic Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz Ebert, arrive the funeral of Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's wife Maggie Daley out at Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral service Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, Mrs. Daley died Nov. 24 after a long battle with cancer.
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Long-time aid to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and family spokeswoman Jacquelyn Heard looks on during a news conference regarding the death of former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley in Chicago on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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The former mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley speaks during the APEC CEO summit in Honolulu, Hawaii November 11, 2011.
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University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer, left, Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, and former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, speak on stage after announcing that Daley will join the Harris School as a distinguished senior fellow,...
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, laughs on stage after it was announced that he will join the Harris School of Public Policy Studies as a distinguished senior fellow at the University of Chicago, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Chicago. During the five-year appointment Daley will...
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and BPI group president and CEO Juan Luis Goujon.
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CHICAGO - MAY 16: Outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley (R) and his wife Maggie, walk on stage for a swearing-in ceremony for mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in Grant Park May 16, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Emanuel replaces former mayor Richard M. Daley, who had a 22-year run as Chicago's...
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, flanked by his daughters Elizabeth, left, and Nora, right, and their children watch as the casket of former first lady Maggie Daley is taken from Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Chicago after her funeral service Monday, Nov. , 28, 2011. Mrs....
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